If you've never read Fancy Nancy (affiliate link), then you should. If you have read it, then you'll recognize that picture to the left. It's Fancy Ella, which consequently, looks very MUCH like the illustrations from this book. Here is a quote from the inside cover, "For Nancy, there's no such thing as too, too much; she loves her frilly bedroom, her lace-trimmed socks, and her pen with a plume. Nancy teaches her family how to be fancy, too." Ella LOVES Fancy Nancy. Gran bought it for her and they read it almost every day. Ella can almost recite the book and her favorite part is, "Ooh, la, la." I have it on good authority that Santa is bringing many more stories of Nancy's fancy to our house this Christmas. Anyhoo, for Ella's birthday, Gran (my mother) and Auntie K (my sister, Kamin) ...
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Birthday Blessings
We're studying a book in my Sunday School class called "The Air I Breathe" by Louie Giglio; it is about worship. Although, I admit I haven't been reading it as often or as diligently as I should, I've learned a lot both from the reading and the discussion with our class members. In a nutshell, this book is about how we are MADE to worship, whether we know it or not. Just because you aren't a believer or aren't in church at this moment, doesn't mean you aren't "worshiping." We were made to worship. If we aren't worshiping the Lord right now, we must be worshiping something else. The message of this book has really hit me were it hurts because I don't always have an attitude of worship. This week we read a portion of the book that talks about being in a constant state of worship. Is this ...
Vaseline, mice and blogging
Okay, I admit it. I read blogs. Actually, if I were being perfectly honest, I'm obsessed. I love reading about the families of total strangers. I love seeing how people discipline their children, love their husbands and decorate their houses. I have several friends with blogs - they've been begging me to start my own. If I started a blog, what would I write about? We already have a website, full of pictures and stories about Ella... what else is there to talk about? Yesterday was Ella's birthday party and I decided after a huge success that I had blog material after all. This afternoon, Ella was playing in her room with all of the birthday loot and I found myself with nothing to do! I sat down, signed up with blogger and created by banner. As I was sitting at my computer enjoying the ...